The axial transsacral approach to interbody fusion at L5-S1.

abstract：:The authors describe the case of a boy with Muenke syndrome, an autosomal dominant disorder associated with craniosynostosis. The family history was significant for syndromic craniosynostosis in the patient's maternal grandmother, who died in adulthood after a craniofacial reconstruction. The patient, her grandson, un...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Mehta V,Bakhsheshian J,Dorafshar AH,Ahn ES

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transthoracic approach to herniated thoracic discs is an important procedure in the management of these uncommonly encountered lesions. Whereas posterior and posterolateral microsurgical approaches and thoracoscopic procedures have been widely advocated in the recent neurosurgical literature, the transthoracic ope...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Vollmer DG,Simmons NE

更新日期：2000-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) are developmental malformations associated with a range of neurological problems, including intractable seizures. There is increasing evidence of the epileptogenicity of the hamartoma and of the inhomogeneous distribution of the epileptic abnormalities within the malformation. The managem...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Marras CE,Rizzi M,Villani F,Messina G,Deleo F,Cordella R,Franzini A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEEnhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a multidimensional approach to improving the care of surgical patients using subspecialty- and procedure-specific evidence-based protocols. The literature provides evidence of the benefits of ERAS implementation, which include expedited functional recovery, decreased ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Elsarrag M,Soldozy S,Patel P,Norat P,Sokolowski JD,Park MS,Tvrdik P,Kalani MYS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Hemangiopericytomas represent a small subset of meningeal tumors. Despite their relatively uncommon nature, they are aggressive tumors known for recurrence. Resection is the standard treatment in most, although regrowth and metastases are common even after resection. The authors evaluate the role of stereotactic...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Chang SD,Sakamoto GT

更新日期：2003-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Frailty has been recognized as a predictor of adverse surgical outcomes across multiple surgical disciplines, but until now the relationship between frailty and intracranial meningioma surgery has not been studied. The goal of the present study was to determine the relationship between increasing frailty (det...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Theriault BC,Pazniokas J,Adkoli AS,Cho EK,Rao N,Schmidt M,Cole C,Gandhi C,Couldwell WT,Al-Mufti F,Bowers CA

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is an aggressive neoplastic process that occurs in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. Over the past 30 years there has been a steady increase in the number of cases in both patient populations. The imaging features for the disease and demographic charac...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Go JL,Lee SC,Kim PE

更新日期：2006-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of carotid artery occlusive disease interventions can be divided clinically into the treatment of asymptomatic and symptomatic diseases. Clinical trials that have studied or are currently studying asymptomatic disease include: the Carotid Artery Stenosis with Asymptomatic Narrowing Operation Versus Aspirin s...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Brennan JJ,Loftus CM

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) channels play an important role in brain water homeostasis. Water transport across plasma membranes has a critical role in brain water exchange of the normal and the diseased brain. AQP4 channels are implicated in the pathophysiology of hydrocephalus, a disease of water imbalance that leads to CSF a...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Desai B,Hsu Y,Schneller B,Hobbs JG,Mehta AI,Linninger A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare postoperative sagittal alignment among 3 rod constructs with different rigidity profiles. METHODS This was a dual-center retrospective cohort study involving 2 consecutive cohorts in which patients were surgically treated for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Lenke T...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Ohrt-Nissen S,Dragsted C,Dahl B,Ferguson JAI,Gehrchen M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every neurosurgeon develops his or her own standard approach to common intracranial pathologies in terms of the order in which different stages are performed and which instruments are used to perform individual tasks. The majority of the basic steps in performing a craniotomy are learned through repetition and practic...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Chittiboina P,Connor DE Jr,Nanda A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choroid plexus tumors consist of papillomas and carcinomas. A variety of germline and somatic genetic changes have been demonstrated for each of these subtypes. In this paper, the authors summarize the current knowledge of the genetic bases of these tumors. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kamaly-Asl ID,Shams N,Taylor MD

更新日期：2006-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Positional plagiocephaly (PP) has been on the rise in recent years. In this review, the authors' aim was to assess the effectiveness of current recommendations to parents on this exceedingly common problem through a comprehensive literature search. Additionally, the current treatment options and the most recent ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Shweikeh F,Nuño M,Danielpour M,Krieger MD,Drazin D

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iatrogenic intervertebral disc space infection is encountered following microsurgical discectomy, percutaneous laser disc decompression, automated percutaneous lumbar nucleotomy operations, and discography. The purpose of this paper is to present a case report and review the literature on the uncommon origins of pyoge...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Taşdemiroğlu E,Sengöz A,Bagatur E

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a key tool in the treatment of patients with medically refractory epilepsy. Although the mechanism of action of VNS remains poorly understood, this modality is now the most widely used nonpharmacological treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy. The goal of this work is to review the hist...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Lulic D,Ahmadian A,Baaj AA,Benbadis SR,Vale FL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The relatively stationary anatomy of the intracranial compartment has allowed the development of stereotactic radiosurgery as an effective treatment option for many intracranial lesions. Difficulty in accurately tracking extracranial targets has limited its development in the treatment of these lesions. The abil...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Ryken TC,Meeks SL,Traynelis V,Haller J,Bouchet LG,Bova FJ,Pennington EC,Buatti JM

更新日期：2001-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 20 years, the traditional supportive treatment for stroke has been radically transformed by advances in catheter technologies and a cohort of prominent randomized controlled trials that unequivocally demonstrated significant improvement in stroke outcomes with timely endovascular intervention. However,...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Vuong SM,Carroll CP,Tackla RD,Jeong WJ,Ringer AJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade, the analysis of genetic defects in primary tumors has been central to the identification of molecular events and biological pathways involved in the pathogenesis of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor of childhood. Despite this, understanding of the molecular basis of the major...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Lindsey JC,Anderton JA,Lusher ME,Clifford SC

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The object of this study was to evaluate facial nerve outcomes in the surgical treatment of large vestibular schwannomas (VSs; ≥ 2.5 cm maximal or extrameatal cerebellopontine angle diameter) based on both the operative approach and extent of tumor resection. METHODS:A PubMed search was conducted of English lan...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Gurgel RK,Dogru S,Amdur RL,Monfared A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of diffusion tensor MRI to detect the preferential diffusion of water in cerebral white matter tracts enables neurosurgeons to noninvasively visualize the relationship of lesions to functional neural pathways. Although viewed as a research tool in its infancy, diffusion tractography has evolved into a neur...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Henderson F,Abdullah KG,Verma R,Brem S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most commonly accepted indications for cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) are 1- and 2-level cervical disc herniation or spondylosis causing radiculopathy or myelopathy that is refractory to medical management. Unlike anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), which eliminates motion, CDA aims to restore the ph...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Tu TH,Chang CC,Wu JC,Fay LY,Huang WC,Cheng H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiosurgery is commonly used for selected patients with benign cranial base tumors. The goal of radiosurgery is cessation of tumor growth and preservation of neurological function. Over the last 2 decades, the technique of radiosurgery has evolved due to improved imaging, better radiosurgical devices and...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kondziolka D,Flickinger JC,Lunsford LD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the gallbladder as an alternative cerebrospinal fluid diversion site has been previously described in cases in which all other body cavities, such as the peritoneal cavity, right atrium, or pleural cavity, have been exhausted. Various ventriculogallbladder (VG) shunt complications have been described as wel...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Fountas KN,Kassam MA,Grigorian AA

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors describe their experience with a technique for robotic implantation of depth electrodes in patients concurrently undergoing craniotomy and placement of subdural monitoring electrodes for the evaluation of intractable epilepsy. METHODS:Patients included in this study underwent evaluation in the Dartm...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Spire WJ,Jobst BC,Thadani VM,Williamson PD,Darcey TM,Roberts DW

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From February 4 to 11, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met near Yalta in Crimea to discuss how post-World War II (WWII) Europe should be organized. Within 2 decades of this conference, all 3 men had died. Presi...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Ali R,Connolly ID,Li A,Choudhri OA,Pendharkar AV,Steinberg GK

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic hamartomas are uncommon but well-recognized developmental malformations that are classically associated with gelastic seizures and other refractory seizure types. The clinical course is often progressive and, in addition to the catastrophic epileptic syndrome, patients commonly exhibit debilitating cognit...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Mittal S,Mittal M,Montes JL,Farmer JP,Andermann F

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary leiomyosarcoma of the central nervous system is rare and has been described both de novo and following temporally remote radiotherapy for a different unrelated malignancy. The authors report the case of a 42-year-old man in whom 60Co radiation treatment had been performed for an unknown primary mass in the bra...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Yeh DJ,Hessler RB,Lee MR

更新日期：2002-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex encephalitis is a common viral encephalitis associated with significant morbidity and mortality if not diagnosed and treated early. Neurosurgery may be an impetus for viral reactivation, either from direct nerve manipulation or high-dose steroids often administered during cases. The authors present the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： McLaughlin DC,Achey RL,Geertman R,Grossman J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in medical and surgical treatments in the last few decades have resulted in quantum leaps in the overall survival of patients with malignant disease outside the central nervous system, whereas survival of patients with malignant gliomas (World Health Organization Grades III and IV) has remained essentially un...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Rainov NG,Söling A,Heidecke V

更新日期：2006-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the publication of preliminary results from the International Study of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms in 1998 there has been a great deal of debate concerning the natural history of these lesions and their attendant risk of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Therefore, the authors reviewed a selected number ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Mocco J,Komotar RJ,Lavine SD,Meyers PM,Connolly ES,Solomon RA

更新日期：2004-11-15 00:00:00